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      February 17, 2021
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      Tyler Maas
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      February 19, 2021
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      October 7, 2020
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      January 28, 2021
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      January 14, 2021
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      December 15, 2020
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      November 30, 2020
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      February 23, 2021
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      February 17, 2021
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      January 24, 2021
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      John Riepenhoff
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      February 25, 2021
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      February 23, 2021
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      February 22, 2021
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      February 22, 2021
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      February 19, 2021
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      February 26, 2021
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Music, culture, gentle sarcasm.

The Disclaimer: The (sorry) state of music criticism

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 23, 2014
Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Come out to Cactus Club October 29 for “Wednesday Night Off!” with Milwaukee Record

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 22, 2014
Wednesday nights can be slow for local music venues, what with the majority of shows falling on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. Bay View’s venerable Cactus Club, however, has been filling the mid-week void with ...

Tracklist: 15 random “best of Milwaukee” awards we’d like to see

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 20, 2014
Along with cooler weather and a never-ending parade of people who can’t stop talking about how much they love this time of year, autumn in Milwaukee means one thing: awards season. Yes, October and November are...

Sleater-Kinney to reunite, release new album, play Turner Hall in February

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 20, 2014
The Internet was set abuzz last week with news that an upcoming Sleater-Kinney vinyl box set (due Tuesday, October 21 on Sub Pop) contains a mysterious 7” with a new song entitled “Bury Our Friends,” and labele...

The Disclaimer: Talking “Smith Uncovered” with Betty Strigens

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 16, 2014
Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Milwaukee Record presents “Local Coverage” January 16

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 15, 2014
Milwaukee’s music scene can be somewhat insular at times. Think about how many times you see the same three to four bands or rappers booking shows at that one venue in their own neighborhood. Conversely, how of...

The Who is coming to BMO Harris Bradley Center in 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 10, 2014
Back in July, in our recounting of the strange story of Tim “The Rock And Roll Animal”’s quest to bring The Who to Milwaukee in 1982, we speculated that the legendary group would likely skip Milwaukee on its cu...

10 standout moments from the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 10, 2014
And that’s a wrap: After 15 days of movies, more movies, and even more movies, the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival has come to a close. Bookended by an opening-night screening of 1971 and last night’s sendoff from...

The Disclaimer: Film fest highs, Bay View “Art Stop” lows

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 9, 2014
Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Tracklist: 10 especially ambitious Milwaukee music videos

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 6, 2014
//No modern band has done more with the music video medium than OK Go. With its genius use of things like treadmill choreography, Rube Goldberg-like mechanisms, paint, and other artsy accoutrements, the L....

Welcome to October: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 1, 2014
Isn’t it funny when people breathlessly tell you that fall is their favorite time of year, like it’s some sort of weird little personal quirk? It’s everybody’s favorite time of year, and if it isn’t, you’re cra...

ZAZ 8 2/3: 10 Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker missteps

Milwaukee Record Staff
September 30, 2014
Wednesday night, the Milwaukee Film Festival will pay tribute to the legendary Shorewood-sired filmmaking triad of David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams with a 30th anniversary screening of Top Secret! T...

Bar Rescue is rescuing Y-Not III this week

Milwaukee Record Staff
September 29, 2014
A few months ago, we told you that popular SPIKE TV series Bar Rescue was in town scouting Milwaukee locations to, well, rescue. Yes, one lucky Brew City bar was being considered for Jon Taffer’s unique brand o...

MFF2014: Inside The Milwaukee Show (part one)

Milwaukee Record Staff
September 29, 2014
They don’t call it the Milwaukee Film Festival for nothing. In addition to screening some of the best films in the world, the annual fest gives plenty of love to local films and filmmakers. The highlight of the...

MFF2014 Day 3: State of the cinema and witches, bitches

Milwaukee Record Staff
September 27, 2014
Today is Day 3 of the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival, which runs September 25 – October 9. Want to talk movies and/or stalk us? Here’s where we’ll be.“State of Cinema” lecture with Wesley Morris (noon, Prospe...

Blackbird’s “From The Stage To The Booth” DJ series returns for second year

Milwaukee Record Staff
September 25, 2014
Last year, Blackbird Bar launched the unique "From The Stage To The Booth" DJ series with a simple concept: allow Milwaukee bands get behind the turntables every Friday night and play whatever the hell they wan...

Dave Chappelle will perform two—no, make that six—shows at Pabst Theater this October

Milwaukee Record Staff
September 24, 2014
Current-generation comedians don’t come any more iconic, game-changing, and confounding (oh, and funny) than Dave Chappelle. His Chappelle’s Show for Comedy Central in the mid ’00s is the stuff of sketch comedy...

Volcano Choir’s Repave tour will come to an end at Turner Hall this November

Milwaukee Record Staff
September 24, 2014
Has it only been a year since Volcano Choir’s explosive Repave was unleashed onto the world? While certainly of its time, there’s something ageless about the album, as if Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and his Collec...

Here’s the schedule for this weekend’s Maker Faire Milwaukee

Milwaukee Record Staff
September 22, 2014
Milwaukee has no shortage of art, craft, food, beer, and whatever-else fairs. Hell, some of them are even at night! But this weekend’s inaugural Maker Faire Milwaukee is a bit different, focusing more on techno...

The Disclaimer: Miller Park upkeep, Bucks arena promises, Journal Sentinel troubles

Milwaukee Record Staff
September 18, 2014
Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...
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